ToyCyte: Toy Culture Collected

Here’s part of the “joke” I’m not in on: Why is it that I can easily by myself a KAWS ashtray and pillow at one of my favorite toy shops, but I have to stand in line (or get a mule) outside of Tokyo’s flagship Original Fake store to actually get this KAWS toy? A similar lottery was held for the KAWS Stormtrooper last September. As expected, the Kawstrooper brought the crowd, including a couple of recognizable locals who’d flown out of SFO for the occasion. (As a sidenote, in December, I saw a Kawstrooper for sale at ToyTokyo in New York.)

Hopefully, these OriginalFake Dissected Be@rbricks will also make their way overseas, as it might just be the best opportunity for those of us anatomy toy fans to own a piece of KAWS we can actually afford. The brown edition OF Be@rbrick come in three sizes 1000% (27,000 yen / $290 USD), 400% (8190 yen / $88 USD) and 100% (1575 yen / $17 USD). These will be released (along with a pair of Levi’s, so expect the fashionistas) on February 28th in accordance to the strict lottery rules clipped below.